Editing Richmond, Texas (section)

==History==
In 1822, a group of Austin's colonists went up the [[Brazos River]], stopping near present-day Richmond where they built a fort called "Fort Bend". Named after [[Richmond, London|Richmond, England]], the town was among the 19 cities first incorporated by the short-lived [[Republic of Texas]], in 1837. Early residents of the city include many prominent figures in Texas lore such as [[Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long|Jane Long]], [[Deaf Smith]], and [[Mirabeau Lamar]], who are all buried in Richmond, as is [[Walter Moses Burton]], the nation's first Black elected sheriff. On August 16, 1889, the town was the site of the "Battle of Richmond", an armed fight culminating the [[Jaybird–Woodpecker War]], a violent feud over [[post-Reconstruction]] political control of Fort Bend County. The mayor from 1949 until his death in 2012 was [[Hilmar Moore]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7753033.stm| title=Texas mulls defeat in battle of ideas, Kevin Connolly| work=[[BBC News]] | date=November 27, 2008 | access-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12229545| title=60-year mayor running for re-election| publisher=[[KLTV]]| date=March 30, 2010| access-date=August 3, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011119/http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12229545| archive-date=December 13, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Historically Richmond had government agencies and nonprofit organizations, while most of the area private businesses were located in [[Rosenberg, Texas|Rosenberg]].<ref name="Kevermemoriesofhome">Kever, Jeannie. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2003_3684363 Neighborhoods / Memories of home / Quiet pleasures are at hear of Richmond neighborhood]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday August 27, 2003. Houston 1. Retrieved on May 27, 2012.</ref>